Politicians Blame Video Games for Shootings. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.
In the wake of the Parkland school shooting, President Trump has pointed to a common explanation for the violence: video games. But two decades after the Columbine shooting popularized this explanation for violent crime, research has rejected the hypot…
Health Officials Assail ‘Pricing Schemes’ That Gouge Patients
Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, said doctors and hospitals should disclose costs to patients before they were treated.
‘Someone’s Shooting Up the School’: Florida 911 Calls Reveal Moments of Panic
The Broward County sheriff’s office released audio recordings from 10 of the more than 70 emergency calls received during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Nitin Vadukul, Inventive Photographer of Hip-Hop, Dies at 52
Mr. Vadukul departed from depicting rappers as street toughs, taking a cinematic, sometimes surreal approach with subjects like Eminem and Dr. Dre.
How Russian Trolls Crept Into the Trump Campaign’s Facebook Messages
The campaign’s Florida staff unwittingly engaged with the trolls. “Nobody reasonably would have asked — or even thought to ask — ‘Are you sure you’re not with Russia?’” an aide said.
‘I Am a Pawn’: Trump’s Immigration Fight With California Squeezes Those Caught in the Middle
Companies and law enforcement agencies in California carefully tread between federal laws devised to catch undocumented workers and new state laws meant to protect them.
Trump Authorizes Tariffs in Defiance of Allies at Home and Abroad
The president raises levies on foreign steel and aluminum in hopes of reviving fading domestic industries. But imports from Mexico and Canada will be spared for now.
Permanent Daylight Saving Time? Florida Says Yes, but It’s Not So Simple
Florida lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bill to keep the state on daylight saving time year-round. The only problem: They don’t have the authority to do that.
California Today: California Today: Peter Thiel Is Leaving Silicon Valley. Will Others?
Thursday: Backlash against Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s visit, San Francisco is sinking, and wild turkeys stir divisions in the East Bay.
Art Museums in Puerto Rico Face Long and Expensive Recovery
Battling mold, wind damage and a lack of money, museum directors struggle to restore damaged buildings.
West Virginia Walkouts a Lesson in the Power of a Crowd-Sourced Strike
With their victory after a nine-day walkout, West Virginia teachers demonstrated a new model for collective labor action beyond the traditional parameters of unions.
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